CVE-2013-0338 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libxml2 versions 2.9.0 and earlier, affecting various distributions including Canonical, openSUSE, and XMLSoft products. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted XML file with a large internal entity expansion, leading to high CPU and memory consumption. While the CVSS score is moderate (4.3) due to partial availability impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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